Ministers restarted interview process for Ofcom job after former editor considered ‘unappointable’ Paul Dacre should be banned from reapplying to be chair of media regulator Ofcom because he failed the interview process on the first attempt, according …
Putin’s crackdown: how Russia’s journalists became ‘foreign agents’
Will an oppressive new law stifle independent media outlets – or lead to a weakening of the president’s authoritarian regime?Usually the bad news is dumped late on Friday when most Muscovites are heading out for the evening: a new list of names of jour…
Churchill Fellowship rejects criticism from Boris Johnson after website rebrand
Churchill’s grandson oversaw change that had almost no complaints until Daily Mail and Sun coverageThe Churchill Fellowship has rejected allegations by Boris Johnson that it has airbrushed out images of Britain’s wartime prime minister from its website…
Health journals make joint call for urgent action on climate crisis
Editorial in publications worldwide urges leaders to take measures to stop ‘greatest threat to public health’More than 200 health journals worldwide are publishing an editorial calling on leaders to take emergency action on climate change and to protec…
The day before 9/11: what was life like before the world changed?
The age of Big Brother and famous football victories seems like another time. But did the terrorists’ planes, as it seemed, really come out of nowhere?There is always an eeriness in the archives of days that immediately precede tragedy. The newspapers …
UK going backwards on tackling media’s racism, warns new Voice editor
Lester Holloway of Britain’s only black national newspaper points to a ‘regression’ in recognising inequalityThe new editor of Britain’s only black national newspaper has warned the UK is going backwards in recognising institutional racism in the media…
September fashion glossies hail the arrival of a post-lockdown roaring 20s
Vogue, Harper’s and Elle turn the spotlight on razzle dazzle and bright colours as we emerge from Covid gloomIn an unusual move, the cover of British Vogue features the time the photograph on it was shot: 4.57am. The image, of actor and activist Gemma …
‘Hand on heart, I don’t do this for money’: Zillah Byng-Thorne on success at Future
The CEO shares the secret of how she masterminded the magazine publisher’s remarkable turnaroundWhen Zillah Byng-Thorne took over at Future, she remembers spending her first year worrying that she would not be able to pay staff as the stricken magazine…
BBC inquiry dismisses Rupert Murdoch complaints about documentary series
Complaints unit backs makers of Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty, except over section on Tory ‘sleaze’ storiesRupert Murdoch has largely lost a year-long dispute with the BBC after he objected to a documentary series that “implied he posed a threat to liber…
Society of Editors withdraws claim that UK media is not racist
Organisation that represents UK newspaper editors says it will work to improve diversity in industryThe organisation that represents British newspaper editors has withdrawn its claim that the UK media is not racist or bigoted, after six months of press…